Biology of the oldest butterfly species in the world, Baronia brevicornisfood, abundance, polymorphism, and survival

  1. Ivette Galicia-Mendoza 1
  2. Fernando Pineda-García 1
  3. Ken Oyama 1
  4. Adolfo Cordero-Rivera 2
  5. Marcela Osorio-Beristain 3
  6. Jorge Contreras-Garduño 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Ciudad de México, México

    ROR https://ror.org/01tmp8f25

  2. 2 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

  3. 3 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
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    Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

    Cuernavaca, México

    ROR https://ror.org/03rzb4f20

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Revista:
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

ISSN: 2007-8706,  1870-3453

Ano de publicación: 2021

Volume: 92

Número: 4

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.22201/IB.20078706E.2021.92.3503 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

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Resumo

El estudio de la biología básica de especies pancrónicas podría ayudar a entender su persistencia a través del tiempo geológico. Una de las especies pancrónicas menos estudiadas es Baronia brevicornis Salvin (Lepidoptera:Papilionidae), una mariposa endémica de México y la especie más antigua del mundo. Estudiamos por 3 años una población de B. brevicornis en la sierra de Huautla, Morelos. En esta población identificamos 3 morfos de color en los machos y 3 en las hembras, quizás el polimorfismo más complejo descrito para especies pancrónicas. También encontramos que la proporción sexual es balanceada en los adultos recién emergidos, pero sesgada hacia los machos en los sitios reproductivos. De manera importante, solamente encontramos mariposas en los parches de Vachellia campechiana (Mill.) Seigler & Ebinger (Fabaceae), que además tenían plantas de las que se podían alimentar los adultos, y aquí reportamos por primera vez que los adultos se alimentan de 5 especies de plantas. Asimismo, las diferencias en uso del agua de V. campechiana en zonas con y sin B. brevicornis sugieren una relación entre las fuentes de alimentos de las mariposas y el gasto de agua de las plantas. Nuestros hallazgos pueden ser fundamentales para desarrollar planes de conservación para B. brevicornis.

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